Loucinda (Packet, 1910-1918)

Photographer

Stottlebower, Alene

Date

• February 4, 1920

Summary

• BOAT DESCRIPTION: Sternwheel
• BOAT TYPE: Packet
• BUILT: 1910 at Point Pleasant, West Virginia
• FINAL DISPOSITION: Wrecked by ice at Cincinnati, Ohio on January 30, 1918
• OWNERS: Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company
• RIVERS: Ohio River
• OTHER INFORMATION: Ways - 3573; Her engines came from the Helen M. Gould. Primarily she ran Cincinnati-Madison. In 1914 she was chartered to the Louisville and Evansville Packet Company. She became stranded on a sand bar in the summer and did not get off until December. Her hull was recovered after the boat was wrecked by ice and was used in building the Andes
• PHOTO DESCRIPTION: The Loucinda and the Sailor Boy (left front) at Madison, Indiana in 1920